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was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it even though the government has acknowledged that the secretive program has exceeded its legal limits violating americans force the fourth amendment constitutional rights the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans have been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope now switching to foreign policy u.s. relations with china could flare up with washington continuing to zoom in on the asia pacific region and in the south china sea has this asian pivot worked. well know it's actually caused a bit of a harsh reaction from china it's bolstering the hardline nationalists from china which argue for a more aggressive foreign policy in this we you know we should be surprised at this i mean the asia pivot consists essential. a military surge throughout the asia pacific bolstering all our allies especially the on
was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it even though the government has acknowledged that the secretive program has exceeded its legal limits violating americans force the fourth amendment constitutional rights the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans have been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's...
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in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slow down the american with respect to the foreign policy there are are you hopeful signs all the nomination hate all of my but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be wedded to a program of using drones. our has the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the beer's americans i'm not sick or sanguine about the prospects or seeing us move or for the united states being a country which basically respects international we and also ties we respect the liberties of our own people. israel will elect a new parliament on tuesday and prime minister benjamin netanyahu predicted to come out on top here many israelis don't think his policies are radical enough with a one time netanyahu supporter reaping the rewards. reports on why the israeli there even has to fight against his former allies now. he's the surprise success story of israel's election campaign one twin millionaire who says a palestinian state would be suicide for isra
in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slow down the american with respect to the foreign policy there are are you hopeful signs all the nomination hate all of my but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be wedded to a program of using drones. our has the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the beer's americans i'm not sick or sanguine about the prospects or seeing...
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started trying to track these guns when the obama administration came along they they flipped the name of it from whatever it was called to the bush administration fast and furious and ultimately some border guard got killed with one of the guns that they were tracking and this caused this whole and at that point it became to the attention of eric holder and barack obama but this was not a program they proposed this was a continuation by the bureaucracy in the a.t.f. of a program that started under the bush administration you know their allies is trying to turn into something you know about it's nonsense it's political grandstanding kelli in elmwood park illinois birth. so i just have a comment and i'd like your opinion on it i'm still furious at hearing that obama is not and wasn't born in america i. this is true every republican out there if that were true what is that came from the cool. both of them spending millions and millions and millions who wins the election don't you think mccain would have investigated this and would have found out the real truth is that he is not eligible
started trying to track these guns when the obama administration came along they they flipped the name of it from whatever it was called to the bush administration fast and furious and ultimately some border guard got killed with one of the guns that they were tracking and this caused this whole and at that point it became to the attention of eric holder and barack obama but this was not a program they proposed this was a continuation by the bureaucracy in the a.t.f. of a program that started...
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the goal of the obama administration and the international community is to effect some kind of orderly transition. now it's complicated by the fact that now a second envoy has been engaged after kofi annan's and our intense -- in intransigence. i've had personal conversations prior to being nominated as the secretary with the minister lavrov, which indicated a russian willingness to in fact see the president assad leaves, but they have a different sense of the timing and the manner of that. so, our hope, my hope would be that if confirmed, and when i get in there, to have an ability to take the temperature of these different players can get a sense of sort of where it is, but we have to increase, i think, the ability of the opposition -- strike that, we have to increase their readiness of the president assad to see the die is cast, the handwriting is on the wall to be able to make the judgment here but will save lives and hold the state together in a transition. >> thank you putative i might inclosing it is my view that these admirable diplomatic efforts need to continue. but we frankl
the goal of the obama administration and the international community is to effect some kind of orderly transition. now it's complicated by the fact that now a second envoy has been engaged after kofi annan's and our intense -- in intransigence. i've had personal conversations prior to being nominated as the secretary with the minister lavrov, which indicated a russian willingness to in fact see the president assad leaves, but they have a different sense of the timing and the manner of that. so,...
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the obama administration was winner and the american people was the loser. we no nothing more than weeks or months ago about this situation and it's still incumbent upon congress to get answers. how can you believe this administration about anything if we can't get straight answers on this terrible tragedy? >> general wes clark, welcome back. another thing is bugging me. state department mid-level officials said on a number of occasions during this whole period that they had three or four or five memos, cables, sent for better security and never got them. today secretary of state clinton said she never saw the cables, never read the cables and winds up blaming republicans for not funding the state department. wes clark, you know bs as well as i do. that is sum of the biggest bs i've heard. >> i will tell you the state department has lost some of its requests for funding and funding in the security area. so that's a fact. secondly there's lots of cables that go back and forth in government. i'm certain the secretary of defense doesn't read all the cables that
the obama administration was winner and the american people was the loser. we no nothing more than weeks or months ago about this situation and it's still incumbent upon congress to get answers. how can you believe this administration about anything if we can't get straight answers on this terrible tragedy? >> general wes clark, welcome back. another thing is bugging me. state department mid-level officials said on a number of occasions during this whole period that they had three or four...
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the goal of the obama administration, i think the goal of the international community, is to affect some kind of orderly transition. now, it's complicated by the fact that now a second envoy has been engaged after kofi annan's efforts, and both have found an intransigence on the part of the opposition to be willing to negotiate a departure. the russians have indicated, and i've had personal associations, which indicated a russian willingness to in fact see president assaad lead but they have a different sense of the timing and manner of that. our hope, my hope, would be that if confirmed and when i get in there, to have an ability to really take the temperature of these different players and get a sense of sort of where it is. we have to increase, i think, the ability of the opposition -- strike that. we have to increase the readiness of president assaad to see the die is cast, the handwriting is on the wall, and be willing to make the judgment that will save lives and hold the state together in a transition. >> thank you. if i might, in closing, it's my view that these admirable diploma
the goal of the obama administration, i think the goal of the international community, is to affect some kind of orderly transition. now, it's complicated by the fact that now a second envoy has been engaged after kofi annan's efforts, and both have found an intransigence on the part of the opposition to be willing to negotiate a departure. the russians have indicated, and i've had personal associations, which indicated a russian willingness to in fact see president assaad lead but they have a...
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has vowed to have a more transparent administration is this yet another example that that in fact is not the way it played out i would say his his continuation of the surveillance state really expansion of the bush era surveillance policy is one of the most egregious failures of the obama administration especially because he knows better he knows exactly what he's doing and that's what makes it so disturbing and what we really saw with that why in a minute that was subsequently turned down by the congress was the senator wyden and senator udall and others really just wanting to know the basics of this fight what kind of information it collects on whom they want to know something things like how many people are being severely surveilled for instance and whether communications between americans are being reviewed or whether it's just between americans and people in foreign countries so facts like that that we haven't actually gotten any answers to and that we aren't going to get any answers to in the future and in the time in the near future anyway it also was made back in one thousand
has vowed to have a more transparent administration is this yet another example that that in fact is not the way it played out i would say his his continuation of the surveillance state really expansion of the bush era surveillance policy is one of the most egregious failures of the obama administration especially because he knows better he knows exactly what he's doing and that's what makes it so disturbing and what we really saw with that why in a minute that was subsequently turned down by...
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but do you think that the administration has understood that well? >> i think obama understands it. i think obama understands that we're in a new age. if you will the 20th century was a century of struggle for hegemony. and that involved direct political contests military power. we are now in an age in which struggle for hegemony makes no sense it's more whether we can establish enough stability in the world that we can deal with global problems. in that context economic health is the point of departure. it's also the point of departure for global support for the united states and respect for the united states. >> brown: when he brings up climate change though through security, that's what he's talking about? >> exactly. but i do suspect as a practical matter he's going to be more preoccupied with potential strategic challenges. in the middle east first of all and that involves a whole gambit of issues in our relations with china, potentialfully our relations with russia and the growing problem of how do we structure an effective alliance with europe. and these the kind of issues th
but do you think that the administration has understood that well? >> i think obama understands it. i think obama understands that we're in a new age. if you will the 20th century was a century of struggle for hegemony. and that involved direct political contests military power. we are now in an age in which struggle for hegemony makes no sense it's more whether we can establish enough stability in the world that we can deal with global problems. in that context economic health is the...
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the obama administration takes its push for gun control to virginia today. vice president joe biden will meet with gun safety experts in richmond. it's the opening for the growing support to curb kbun violence. yesterday congressional democrats introduced a plan to ban assault weapons but even they admit that's an uphill battle. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. the ban would be tougher than the assaults weapons ban that expired in 2004. it would ban 157 different military-style filearms, so with such a tight fight again they believe public support will help them win public support measures. vice president biden is heading to virginia to try to gain public support for president obama's gun support proposals. >> it's not about keeping bad guns out of good people but keeping bad guns from bad people. >> they joined a group of democrat it lawmakers. dianne feinstein introduced her own bill. >> military-style assault weapons have but one purpose and in my view that's a military purpose. >> the lawmakers say the sh
the obama administration takes its push for gun control to virginia today. vice president joe biden will meet with gun safety experts in richmond. it's the opening for the growing support to curb kbun violence. yesterday congressional democrats introduced a plan to ban assault weapons but even they admit that's an uphill battle. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. the ban would be tougher than the assaults weapons ban that expired in 2004. it...
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the obama administration is a deer caught in the headlights in history. they have no idea how to deal with the multilayered ramifications of the arab spring. they don't know how to deal with morsi and big brotherhood's big wins. hoping to keep ties over to the egyptian military so that if necessary it will eventually be a check on the muslim brotherhood. >> bill: that's not the bottom line here though and correct me if i am wrong, the egyptian military pretty much operates aton newly. they don't do what morsi wants to do. they want four jets. basically giving it to the military, not the civilian government by saying look we're going to still be friends with you because we may have to call on to you get these notes out of there at some point so we want your loyalty to be to us. maybe it's not such a dumb thing to do. >> it's not a stupid thing to do. i would do it a little differently. these are expert model f 16's. they are no match for the israeli air force. very important, bill, these four military sales we give to egypt over a billion dollars a year. r
the obama administration is a deer caught in the headlights in history. they have no idea how to deal with the multilayered ramifications of the arab spring. they don't know how to deal with morsi and big brotherhood's big wins. hoping to keep ties over to the egyptian military so that if necessary it will eventually be a check on the muslim brotherhood. >> bill: that's not the bottom line here though and correct me if i am wrong, the egyptian military pretty much operates aton newly....
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he is visiting richmond va with other obama administration of the officials in virginia senator sam catim kane. the bisn will hold a roundtable discussion with experts who worked on gun safety after 2007 shooting and at bridging attack. i said yesterday as more concerned with limiting the number of rounds of a gun magazine and banning assault was of weapons. >> and >> tail tomorrow local authorities are holding an anonymous gun buyback you bet. anyone can give up their weapons, no questions asked, to receive up to $100 cash for handguns, shotgun or rifle. $200 cash to be given for the assault weapon. it is happening tomorrow at the san mateo county but said there from 10:00 until 2:00 p.m.. it has been two years since tahrir square was at the center of our revolution for egypt. today, protesters are back in the spotlight. federal investigators are on board the dreamliner investigation. information on the problem they are trying to solve. get beautyrest, posturepedic, even tempur-pedic mattress sets at low clearance prices. save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inven
he is visiting richmond va with other obama administration of the officials in virginia senator sam catim kane. the bisn will hold a roundtable discussion with experts who worked on gun safety after 2007 shooting and at bridging attack. i said yesterday as more concerned with limiting the number of rounds of a gun magazine and banning assault was of weapons. >> and >> tail tomorrow local authorities are holding an anonymous gun buyback you bet. anyone can give up their weapons, no...
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when the bush administration was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans are for been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama has unfortunately continued much of his predecessor's excesses and recklessness we will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet. regardless of the consequences. now so we have for this hour alarms bells ringing for germany's chancellor merkel the party suffer as another regional voting downs gets stronger she'll win a third term in office. and running for your own life and later on we have the story of a half naked man who fell from a train in the middle of a frozen forest and managed to survive that's coming after a short break to stay with us. do we speak your language
when the bush administration was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans are for been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama has unfortunately continued much of his...
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so you blamed president obama and the obama administration for colluding with movie companies in order to orchestrate this giant arrest here in new zealand is this kind of give and take relationship between washington and hollywood although you say it is or are you just the exception does this really exist well i mean you have to look at the players behind this case ok the driving force of course is chris dodd the chairman of the m.p.a. and he was a senator for a long time and he is according to joe biden joe biden's best friend and the state attorney that is in charge of this case has been joe biden's personal counsel while you was a senator right and also worked as an anti-piracy you know manager for the b.s.a. business office or c. asian which is basically like the m.p.a. but for software companies so and also the timing is very interesting you know. the election time. fundraisers in hollywood set for february march april and you know they had to be some kind of plan b. and turn it in for sopa and you know hollywood is a very important contributor to bombers campaign not just with m
so you blamed president obama and the obama administration for colluding with movie companies in order to orchestrate this giant arrest here in new zealand is this kind of give and take relationship between washington and hollywood although you say it is or are you just the exception does this really exist well i mean you have to look at the players behind this case ok the driving force of course is chris dodd the chairman of the m.p.a. and he was a senator for a long time and he is according...
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. >>> cbs reporter susan mcginnis reports on the latest step in the obama administration's effort to pass new gun control legislation. >>> reporter: vice president joe biden is heading to virginia today to try to gain public support for president obama's gun control proposals. >> it's not about keeping bad guns out of the hands of good people. it's about keeping all guns out of the hands of bad people. >> reporter: on capitol hill thursday gun victims and law enforcement officers joined a group of democratic lawmakers as dianne feinstein announced her own bill which would eliminate high capacity magazines and ban assault weapons. >> military-style assault weapons have but one purpose, and in my view that's a military purpose. >> reporter: the lawmakers say the shooting at sandy hook elementary school shows that assault weapons need to be banned. >> a number of the police who came to newtown said to me, we could not have stopped that shooter even with the body armor we were wearing with that kind of assault weapon. >> reporter: but vice president biden downplayed the need for an assau
. >>> cbs reporter susan mcginnis reports on the latest step in the obama administration's effort to pass new gun control legislation. >>> reporter: vice president joe biden is heading to virginia today to try to gain public support for president obama's gun control proposals. >> it's not about keeping bad guns out of the hands of good people. it's about keeping all guns out of the hands of bad people. >> reporter: on capitol hill thursday gun victims and law...
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the obama administration out on a prolonged time. it just came out right after the new year. >> okay. >> how does this affect farming? >> we are in real trouble with climate change and it is affecting farmers. florida is a good example where water is going to miami, going to grow sugar, because sugar is something that is protected under the reagan administration and we really shouldn't be growing sugarcane in florida. so it affects farmers in areas like the midwest. parts of the midwest had such minister outs this year. people won't be able to make their mortgage payments. really, that is the challenge great it is just tremendous. i think that's why it is so important with these policies. we need a more regional food system. where farmers have the ability to get into markets that they can't get into today. because farmers have to have someplace to sell their crops to even sell their animals that they want to raise. >> thank you. even though there are no perfect solutions, would it be a success if we got the country to shop at whole f
the obama administration out on a prolonged time. it just came out right after the new year. >> okay. >> how does this affect farming? >> we are in real trouble with climate change and it is affecting farmers. florida is a good example where water is going to miami, going to grow sugar, because sugar is something that is protected under the reagan administration and we really shouldn't be growing sugarcane in florida. so it affects farmers in areas like the midwest. parts of...
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but the and it's backed by by washington by the obama administration which gives them additional clout the problem is they just ram through a constitution that in effect what's happening is the muslim brotherhood is establishing an islamic dictatorship i think they're so preoccupied with this sure real agenda this islamization of creating this this state which de facto is emerging to be an islamic fascist regime a totalitarian regime that will regulate every corner of life and they're less concerned evidently with the real functioning know what comedy so that. you probably need to right now a terror attack alarm in libya's second largest city three european governments call for the immediate situation of their citizens and then fears the city could soon be ripped apart by attacks more on that for you in just a few minutes. also ahead the dismal figures which expose britain's fragile finances there is a country may slip into another recession and lose its top notch credit rating up to g.d.p. shrinks again. as stories told to come but first an ex cia veteran who oversaw the capture of hi
but the and it's backed by by washington by the obama administration which gives them additional clout the problem is they just ram through a constitution that in effect what's happening is the muslim brotherhood is establishing an islamic dictatorship i think they're so preoccupied with this sure real agenda this islamization of creating this this state which de facto is emerging to be an islamic fascist regime a totalitarian regime that will regulate every corner of life and they're less...
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>> well, i would tell israel the same thing the obama administration has already told israel. it's not in the national interest of the united states for you to bomb iran's nuclear facilities. we don't want you to do that. that's not in our national interest and you let us take care of them. we have the potential to stop it. you have the potential only to delay it. and the consequences of your doing it are right now incomprehensible, but they could be very, very dire. >> do you believe that it's important that in president obama's second term he try to make a renewed effort on the middle east peace process, even though, let's face it, so far what he's done has been unsuccessful? >> i'll tell you why i think so. i think if we don't move and do what is necessary, the arab masses will become more radicalized, more religiously driven, and, therefore, eventually more jihadist, vis-a-vis, israel. and i don't think israel can survive in the long run in that context. >> handling iran will be a delicate balance between toughness and restraint. and unlike other foreign policy crises, the
>> well, i would tell israel the same thing the obama administration has already told israel. it's not in the national interest of the united states for you to bomb iran's nuclear facilities. we don't want you to do that. that's not in our national interest and you let us take care of them. we have the potential to stop it. you have the potential only to delay it. and the consequences of your doing it are right now incomprehensible, but they could be very, very dire. >> do you...
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carrying forward the obama administration foreign-policy, and i urge his speedy confirmation. as we have heard from both the chairman and the ranking member and just now, senator warren, he will bring a record of and service that is exemplary. he has a few of the world that he has acted on first as the youngest, returning veterans from vietnam who appeared before this committee through the time that he served with such distinction as its chairman. he has been avow department this administration and to me personally. he has fought for our diplomats and development experts. he understands the value of investing in america's global lead. and as we work to implement the accountability review board recommendations, he is committed to doing whatever it takes to prevent another attack and protect our people in posts around the world. now, working together, we have achieved a great deal, but the state department and usaid have a lot of unfinished business from afghanistan to non-proliferation, climate change, some -- so much. the need to continue ramping up economics as a tool for a a
carrying forward the obama administration foreign-policy, and i urge his speedy confirmation. as we have heard from both the chairman and the ranking member and just now, senator warren, he will bring a record of and service that is exemplary. he has a few of the world that he has acted on first as the youngest, returning veterans from vietnam who appeared before this committee through the time that he served with such distinction as its chairman. he has been avow department this administration...
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kevin mccarthy and egyptian president is now getting rewarded by the obama administration. where why the man preaching hatred for jews and refers to them as apes is now a proud member of the muslim brotherhood why is he getting four state of the art f 16 fighter jets from you, the american taxpayer? we'll explain in a dangerous foreign policy, next. ♪ [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] ow! ow! [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium-rich tums starts working so fast you'll forget you had heartburn. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy sta
kevin mccarthy and egyptian president is now getting rewarded by the obama administration. where why the man preaching hatred for jews and refers to them as apes is now a proud member of the muslim brotherhood why is he getting four state of the art f 16 fighter jets from you, the american taxpayer? we'll explain in a dangerous foreign policy, next. ♪ [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] ow! ow! [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium-rich tums...
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joe biden is going on the road to push the obama administration's gun control plan. biden who led the gun violence task force heading to richmond, virginia this morning with other administration officials including democratic senator tim cane. virginia is very much a pro second amendment state. president obama wants background checks and to ban assault weapons for high compasssy is it magazines. many are concerned the proposal slett threatens the right to bear arms. >> republican house speaker john boehner with a grim warning about what he expects about president obama. >> we are there over the next 22 months to be the focus of this administration as they attempt to annihilate the republican party. >>age nile late the republican party. giving the speechl the day after the inauguration at a washington court. >> two guys filed suit against the restaurant chain. this picture went viral last week showing the chain's famous foot long sandwich which came up short of the 12 inches actually. i think more like 11. the chain issued a statement saying we have redoubled our effo
joe biden is going on the road to push the obama administration's gun control plan. biden who led the gun violence task force heading to richmond, virginia this morning with other administration officials including democratic senator tim cane. virginia is very much a pro second amendment state. president obama wants background checks and to ban assault weapons for high compasssy is it magazines. many are concerned the proposal slett threatens the right to bear arms. >> republican house...
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now the obama administration wants to increase this program especially for poultry, and it would mean that more than 200 birds a minute are being sent, are being slaughtered in a plant. that's not a misstatement, 200 birds a minute. they whiz down the line, there's no way that there can be any inspection of these carcasses. and these are immigrant workers. it's extremely dangerous work. you can imagine people's hands get sliced, people -- all sorts of horrible injuries. and then because of all of the contamination from salmonella, i mean, really, i can't -- i can never eat another piece of chicken. they dip the chicken into chemicals, things like chlorine and trisodium phosphate, and that really originated with the clinton administration. so a lengthy answer. i don't know how much time we have? do you have another question? okay. yeah. >> so what is the mandate of the usda? where did it go wrong, and what's it going to take to -- >> well, you know, i think the usda basically is an agency that the held, the secretary's appointed by the president, and these companies have so much politi
now the obama administration wants to increase this program especially for poultry, and it would mean that more than 200 birds a minute are being sent, are being slaughtered in a plant. that's not a misstatement, 200 birds a minute. they whiz down the line, there's no way that there can be any inspection of these carcasses. and these are immigrant workers. it's extremely dangerous work. you can imagine people's hands get sliced, people -- all sorts of horrible injuries. and then because of all...
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. >> ifill: but sparks flew when senate republicans accused the obama administration of deceiving the nation by initially suggesting the benghazi attack was something other than terrorism. senator ron johnson of wisconsin: >> we were misled that there were supposedly protests and then something sprang out of that, an assault sprang out of that. and that was easily ascertained that that was not the fact... >> but could-- but, you know... >> ...and the american people could have known that within days, and they didn't know that. >> and-- with all due respect, the fact is we had four dead americans. >> i understand. >> was it because of a protest, or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some americans? what difference, at this point, does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. now, honestly, i will do my best to answer your questions about this. but the fact is that people were trying in real time to get to the best information. >> ifill: republican john mccain pre
. >> ifill: but sparks flew when senate republicans accused the obama administration of deceiving the nation by initially suggesting the benghazi attack was something other than terrorism. senator ron johnson of wisconsin: >> we were misled that there were supposedly protests and then something sprang out of that, an assault sprang out of that. and that was easily ascertained that that was not the fact... >> but could-- but, you know... >> ...and the american people...
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the obama administration which gives them additional clout the problem is they just ram through a constitution in effect what's happening is the muslim brotherhood is establishing an islamic dictatorship with a minority a tiny minority of the actual voting age population and approving of something like eighty percent of the eligible voters voted for this constitution i'm so you talk about the constitution because of what i understand the to the two thousand and eleven revolution was started by those wanting a socially equal secular state how did they end up with a constitution based on sure we alone well this was the cleric who target the brotherhood networks played on the situation they made a dirty deal with the military find the votes of the majority of the population and they're going against the interests of a secular state which is to my knowledge a majority of what the egyptian people want from egyptian friends of mine what they tell me and they're pushing through really radical changes that most egyptians want no part of in their lives they want a peaceful democratic life the economy i
the obama administration which gives them additional clout the problem is they just ram through a constitution in effect what's happening is the muslim brotherhood is establishing an islamic dictatorship with a minority a tiny minority of the actual voting age population and approving of something like eighty percent of the eligible voters voted for this constitution i'm so you talk about the constitution because of what i understand the to the two thousand and eleven revolution was started by...
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the obama administration has sort of taken this tactic in the past, during the payroll tax cut fight, during the student loan fight, really circumventing congress and trying to build a ground swell of support among the people, to pressure congress to get what it wants to get done passed. so in this case, that is the stiffer gun law. so you're going to see vice president biden out today, holding that roundtable, talking about gun legislation. he'll be joined by his cabinet secretaries as well as a democratic senator, tim kaine, to really try to talk to the people about why he thinks this for gun legislation is a good idea. but, of course, as you just mapped out, there is a lot of opposition to this, particularly in states like virginia. so they're hoping to get moderates on their side, so that when this really does go to a fight, they will have the votes in the end. senior administration officials tell me, privately, they think that there is a lot of support for universal background checks and for limiting high-capacity magazines, but, of course, that ban on assault weapons is really g
the obama administration has sort of taken this tactic in the past, during the payroll tax cut fight, during the student loan fight, really circumventing congress and trying to build a ground swell of support among the people, to pressure congress to get what it wants to get done passed. so in this case, that is the stiffer gun law. so you're going to see vice president biden out today, holding that roundtable, talking about gun legislation. he'll be joined by his cabinet secretaries as well as...
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in addition to that, we have been, the obama administration, under the directive of the president, who undertook the most concentrated effort in history in terms of targeting a specific terrorist group. we have taken out huge proportion of the leadership of core al qaeda. a huge proportion. you don't want to be number three or number four in line in that business because they're disappearing as fast as they get the job. . the top dog who took the place of osama bin laden is still at large, but i think there are those in the intelligence community and the administration who believe that over the course of the next months that core al qaeda can really be almost degraded to the point that that is no longer the threat. the threat has augmented in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, al qaeda in iraq, which is now playing in syria and al qaeda in the mahgab. and that's why the president has made the decision to support the efforts of the french in mali, and that's there has been a focused effort including after them in yemen to focus on that part of the world. there is a success story as i ta
in addition to that, we have been, the obama administration, under the directive of the president, who undertook the most concentrated effort in history in terms of targeting a specific terrorist group. we have taken out huge proportion of the leadership of core al qaeda. a huge proportion. you don't want to be number three or number four in line in that business because they're disappearing as fast as they get the job. . the top dog who took the place of osama bin laden is still at large, but...
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but do you think that the administration has understood that well? >> i think obama understands it. i think obama understands that we're in a new age. if you will, the 20th century was a century of struggle for hegemony. and that involved direct political contests, military power. we are now in an age in which struggle for hegemony makes no sense, it's more whether we can establish enough stability in the world that we can deal with global problems. in that context, economic health is the point of departure. it's also the point of departure for global support for the united states and respect for the united states. >> brown: when he brings up climate change though through security, that's what he's talking about? >> exactly. but i do suspect as a practical matter he's going to be more preoccupied with potential strategic challenges. in the middle east, first of all and that involves a whole gambit of issues, in our relations with china, potentialfully our relations with russia and the growing problem of how do we structure an effective alliance with europe. and these the kind of iss
but do you think that the administration has understood that well? >> i think obama understands it. i think obama understands that we're in a new age. if you will, the 20th century was a century of struggle for hegemony. and that involved direct political contests, military power. we are now in an age in which struggle for hegemony makes no sense, it's more whether we can establish enough stability in the world that we can deal with global problems. in that context, economic health is the...
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but no obama's administration ran up another $6 trillion. how was that possible? barack obama at believed this. >> barack obama has a debt problem into increase the debt limit. >> but president demands congress raise the debt limit without condition. i want the old obama back. then to one scares the heck out of me. by a fear he will bankrupt the country. we will be back next week. [applause] nearly a dozen of those weapons on display at the news conference, including the so-called assault weapon used by the newtown, connecticut, shooter, atlanta. the senators placed the blame not on that young man with serious mental illness was left untreated, but rather on gun laws. >> weaken gun laws allow these mass killings to be carried out again and again. weapons designed originally for the military to kill large numbers of people are replicated for civil unions. lou: after four days of non-relativity from the president dispatched his vice president for a not so successful joe biden fireside chat made famous by fdr. not so successful because vice president biden undercut i
but no obama's administration ran up another $6 trillion. how was that possible? barack obama at believed this. >> barack obama has a debt problem into increase the debt limit. >> but president demands congress raise the debt limit without condition. i want the old obama back. then to one scares the heck out of me. by a fear he will bankrupt the country. we will be back next week. [applause] nearly a dozen of those weapons on display at the news conference, including the so-called...
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probe comes as the obama administration appears to be escalating its drone warfare abroad, launching more than a dozen attacks in yemen and pakistan already this year. this week the u.s. launched at least five drone strikes in yemen in as many days, according to some reports, the latest attack mistakenly killed two children in yemen. north korea is selling to conduct further rocket launches and nuclear test and at the united states. the government issued the threat against what it calls its sworn enemy one day after the insecurity council resolution tightened sanctions in response to a north korean rocket launch last month. the u.n. resolution was approved with the backing of china, north korea's long major diplomatic ally. china is calling for a resumption of six-party talks in a bid to diffuse tensions. a former informant for the u.s. drug enforcement a ministration has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in the 2008 attacks in mumbai. david headley has submitted to scouting targets for the group linked to the attacks. the group is blamed for killing 160 people, inclu
probe comes as the obama administration appears to be escalating its drone warfare abroad, launching more than a dozen attacks in yemen and pakistan already this year. this week the u.s. launched at least five drone strikes in yemen in as many days, according to some reports, the latest attack mistakenly killed two children in yemen. north korea is selling to conduct further rocket launches and nuclear test and at the united states. the government issued the threat against what it calls its...